Subject: Re: Removig generic optstr_get
To: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/25/2006 09:51:54
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 01:36:25AM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 09:17:18AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> >   =20
> >    > Is there a real need for this change? I would prefer leaving thing=
s as
> >    > they are now.
> >    >=20
> >    > (We might want to support richer boot parameters with other boot m=
ethods
> >    > than Multiboot one day.)
> >   =20
> >    And proplib will still be there for that.
> >=20
> >=20
> > you want me to type plists on the command line?
>=20
> Yes, please.  Thanks for volunteering.

But more seriously, parsing a=3Db c=3Dd strings handed to us by random
platform bootloader or environment strings *into* plists in memory,
for consumption by MI or almost-MI configuration code, might be a good
idea.

--
Dan.

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